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July 2, 2015

6,000 tractor-trailer hitches may be faulty

By TOM KRISHER and DAN SEWELL
Associated Press

BATAVIA, Ohio — On a twisty, snow-lined hill that the locals call “Devil's Backbone,” a 12-ton semi-trailer came loose from its tractor and plowed into an oncoming line of pre-dawn commuters.

At 40 miles per hour, the trailer struck the side of one pickup truck and careened head-on into another, killing the drivers of both vehicles.


 
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